Bloke
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"Consider the merits of a program started in Kansas in 2003 by Grand Master Robert M. Tomlinson, called "Permissive Edict." He states, "This gives the lodges the ability to allow petitions for the Mysteries to be received and balloted upon in the usual manner (including an investigation) without the man knowing and if elected, the recommending brother informs him that he has been selected for membership in the world's oldest, largest and most widely respected fraternal organization in the world." This is essentially the way our brethren selected new members in the earliest days of speculative Freemasonry. Several Grand Lodges, including Indiana, are experimenting with this program as of 2004"
From
Laudable Pursuit:A 21st Century Response to Dwight Smith. ByThe Knights of the North
What an interesting idea the above is...
( The whole paper should be well known to men interested in the viably of their Grand, and their "subborindate" Lodge. Read it here http://www.knightsofthenorth.com/documents/laudablepursuit.pdf )
From
Laudable Pursuit:A 21st Century Response to Dwight Smith. ByThe Knights of the North
What an interesting idea the above is...
( The whole paper should be well known to men interested in the viably of their Grand, and their "subborindate" Lodge. Read it here http://www.knightsofthenorth.com/documents/laudablepursuit.pdf )
- What do people think of the idea of a "Permissive Edict" ?
- Is it still used in North America ? Has it helped or hindered or done neither ?